The Many Faces of Tourism
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A 10 page overview of the many forms that tourism can take. This paper points to the advantages of ecotourism and archaeotourism in protecting resources while generating revenues. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Mayans And Incas: Cultural Description And Impact Upon America
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4 pages in length. The writer discusses political, religious and cultural aspects of Mayan and Incan history. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Meeker War:
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This 5 page paper discusses the history of the Meeker War which involved the Ute Indians. Furthermore, this paper examines the issues surrounding this war such as the desire of Nathan Meeker and others to "reform" the Ute Indians into Christian farmers. Bibligraphy lists 4 sources.
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The Miami Indians: History and Culture
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An 8 page discussion of the Miami Indians, indigenous representatives of the Eastern Woodlands. Provides a brief history of the Miami since contact with Europeans and outlines the cultural changes which they have experienced. Emphasizes that Miami Indians today are often identical in their appearance and lifeways to non-Indians yet many retain remnants of their traditional culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the Controversy of the Kennewick Man
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This is a 7 page paper discussing NAGPRA and the controversy over the Kennewick Man. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was passed in 1990 which outlined the conditions for the repatriation of Native American remains and artifacts from archeological projects, museums and agencies. Since it was passed, a great deal of controversy has surrounded the act especially in the case of the Kennewick Man. The Kennewick Man was a 9,300 old skeleton found near the Columbia River in Washington in 1996. Following the guidelines of the act, the Department of the Interior wanted to hand over the remains to a nearby Native American tribe without scientific examination. Archaeologists brought the case to court using the argument that not only was the find critical to the development of the theories of migration in North America but also there was evidence that the Kennewick Man was not even of Indian origin. Overall, anthropologists and scientists believe that NAGPRA was made out of political considerations for the Native Americans but elevates the religious beliefs of Native Americans over those of other Americans, making it a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution and disregarding the field of science. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Native American Pow Wow
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A 7 page review of the sights and events found at a contemporary pow wow. The author relates the cultural significance of the pow wow, along with information on its origin. Some say the pow wow dates to prehistory while other say is a relatively new arrival in Native American culture. The author emphasizes the importance of the opportunity for the people to gather and socialize, to dance, and to procure needed and desired trade goods. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Nez Perce
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A 7 page overview of the impacts endured by the Nez Perce at the hands of the white encroachers to their lands. Starting with the initial contact made with the Nez Perce made by the Lewis and Clark expedition, this paper ends with Chief Joseph's surrender at the end of his and his people's 1500 mile eastward journey towards the Canadian border. Bibliography lists sources.
Filename: PPnaNezP.rtf

The Puritan Perspective and the Unredeemed Captive
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This 4 page paper considers the views of Eunice William's father and his unsuccessful attempts to redeem his daughter after her capture at the hands of Mohawk Indians. This paper considers the way in which the Reverend William's behavior reflected his staunchly puritan ideals and his desire to live a puritan life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Relationship Between Form and Content within N. Scott Momaday’s Works “House Made of Dawn” and “The Way to Rainy Mountain”
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This is a 6 page paper discussing form and content in works of N. Scott Momaday. N. Scott Momaday, a Native American writer who first won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 has a unique presentation within his works. In “House Made of Dawn” (1968) Momaday relates the story of Abel, a young Jemez Pueblo Indian returning from World War II and who goes about a journey of self-discovery in which Momaday intermingles Abel’s imaginative thoughts, mythical stories and reality throughout. In “The Way to Rainy Mountain” (1969) an autobiographical collection, Momaday recounts his own journey back to Rainy Mountain through a series of poems, legends, drawings and historical facts about the Kiowa Indians. In both works, Momaday uses a fragmented format which reflects the fragmentation of the content which is occurring within the central characters. This fragmentation gradually comes together by the end of each work to present the reader and the characters with a sense of the “whole” person used to describe Abel and Momaday in their journeys of return and self-discovery. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Relationship Between Landscape and Mythology Among the Hopi
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A 5 page discussion of Hopi mythology as it related to landscape and environment. The Hopi myth of how they are charged with caring for the fourth world is related and a discussion is provided as to how landscape serves as an important in such myths. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Relationship Between Shamanism and Psychotherapy
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This 5 page paper relates the two worlds that, as it turns out, are not so dissimilar. Jung's study of Shamanism is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Role Of Native Americans And African Americans In The Post-Revolutionary Period
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2.5 pages in length. The writer discusses the cultural injustices imposed upon the Native Americans and African Americans in post-revolutionary America. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Role of Natural Selection in the Australian Aborigine
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5 pages. This report explains the biological characteristics of the Australian Aborigines and how they came to have these certain identifying characteristics based on the role of natural selection. The report thoroughly explains just what natural selection means and how it is derived. The Australian Aborigine peoples are described as to their identifying characteristics in order to consider the population that is being studied. It is also shown herein that the traits that are inherent to the Aborigines were in fact produced by natural selection. The summation of the report considers what the most apparent traits are and how these traits were produced through the process of biological natural selection. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Shoshone: Subsistence and Culture
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A 5 page discussion of the Shoshone, the indigenous inhabitants of the Great Basin region of the American West. Provides extensive details of their precontact subsistence patterns and ceremonial activity. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Struggle for Identity in Both Leslie Silko’s “Ceremony” and Louise Erdrich’s “Love Medicine”
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This 7 page report discusses the struggle for identity among modern Native American characters in two separate novels. For a people who never questioned who they were or their role in the natural order of life and their place in the world, such an effort becomes one in which cultures clash and the primary characters are forced to determine who they are in the context of their traditional world and the dominant culture of modern America. Louise Erdrich’s “Love Medicine” portrays the results of cultural devastation as well as personal injury and pain, it also shows a way back to health and contentment. Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony” offers a view that a person must deal with the fact that his body seems to be little more than nothing in the larger, pre-existing, and ceremonial patterns of his people. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Taino Indians: History, Material Culture and Spanish Impact
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A 16 page overview of the culture of the Taino (Arawak) Indians, the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas who first came into contact with Columbus. The author utilizes both the archaeological and the written record to relate the history and material culture of these people. Emphasizes the importance of the findings at two archaeological sites, Los Buchillones and Manantial se la Aleta in understanding both the lifeways and the ultimate downfall of the Taino people. Concludes that while the Taino were not totally decimated, their are a few who claim to be survivors, Taino culture is forever lost. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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The Tipi of the Plains Indians
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A 4 page description of the versatile and ingenious home of the Plains Indian. The author describes design, erection, and meaning. The tipi, of course, is just one element of the material culture of Plains lifeways. It is an element that is particularly interesting, however, due to its evolution over time and its representation of the complexity of Plain's beliefs and lifeways.
Filename: PPnaPlai.rtf